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Clostridium difficile is a type of bacteria that can affect your bowel and cause diarrhoea. Its name is usually shortened to C.difficile or sometimes, C.diff.

We are pleased to announce that Medway NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the ‘Patient Flow Programme of the Year Award’ at a ceremony showcasing excellence in healthcare.

This Stoptober, staff at Medway NHS Foundation Trust are continuing to work with community partners to make further progress, and help patients and visitors kick the habit.

To mark International Infection Prevention Week, Medway NHS Foundation Trust has launched a Stop! Gel! Go! campaign to promote better hand hygiene among staff, patients and visitors to Medway Maritime Hospital.

Medway and Swale NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups and Medway NHS Foundation Trust need your help to improve outpatients’ facilities. 

Look out ‘cause here it comes – The Greatest Showman Charity Sing-Along! This is the moment you've waited for – the hit musical is coming to The Glassbox Theatre, Gillingham at 7.30pm on Thursday 14 November.

Medway NHS Foundation Trust has staged a ‘CPR’athon’ to help raise awareness and highlight the importance of life-saving Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training ahead of ‘World Restart a Heart Day’ on Wednesday 16 October 2019.

The neonatal and maternity teams at Medway Maritime Hospital are celebrating the success of a programme which aims to reduce cerebral palsy in premature babies, on World Cerebral Palsy Day (Sunday 6 October).

Staff at Medway Maritime Hospital were delighted to receive a generous donation of a free lunch yesterday (Thursday 3 October), courtesy of global charity, Rapid Relief Team (RRT).

Staff at Medway NHS Foundation Trust have come together to film a parody version of the Village People’s ‘YMCA’ to raise awareness for Hypo Awareness Week (30 September to 6 October). Watch it here: https://youtu.be/Y1N4OAaLRac